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Max Holloway Alleges $50K Robbery by Israel Adesanya—UFC Stats Say Otherwise
Essentially Sports
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July 17, 2025
Max Holloway has been beaming with confidence as he nears the trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier. It was UFC 143 when the duo met in the Octagon for the first time. ‘The Diamond’ secured the win via a triangle armbar in the first round and won...
world Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze
Asiaone
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July 17, 2025
DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM — Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday (July 16), blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern...
Israel strikes Syria, US hopes for de-escalation
BGNES
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July 16, 2025
Syrian authorities have announced a new ceasefire in Suwayda. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he hoped for "de-escalation" in southern Syria in the "coming hours," speaking of a "misunderstanding" between Israel and neighboring Syria, AFP...
Israel`s Netanyahu govt loses majority after key party quits
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 16, 2025
Shas, an ultra-Orthodox party that has long served as kingmaker in Israeli politics, announced that it would bolt the government over disagreements surrounding a proposed law that would enshrine broad military draft exemptions for its constituents...
Second Israeli ultra-Orthodox party to quit government in blow to Netanyahu
Yahoo News
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A key partner in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government says it is quitting, dealing a major blow to the Israeli prime minister that could leave him heading a minority coalition in parliament. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party said on Wednesday that it was...
Israel pummels Damascus as sectarian fighting escalates in country’s south
Washington Examiner
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July 16, 2025
Israel expanded airstrikes against Damascus on Wednesday after a fragile ceasefire in southern Syria collapsed.Though announced by Damascus on Tuesday, the ceasefire between the Druze and government forces doesn’t appear to have ever truly taken...
Irish bill on Israeli goods sparks backlash
Ynet
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July 17, 2025
Outrage erupted in Israel, the Jewish community in Dublin, and among senior American Jewish organizations following Ireland’s move to advance a bill that would criminalize the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East...
Why is Israel bombing Syria and and who are the Druze?
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Sharaa Pledges Safety For Druze Amid Israeli Airstrikes
StratNews Global
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July 17, 2025
Home west asia Israel Sharaa Pledges Safety For Druze Amid Israeli Airstrikes Israel's airstrikes blew up part of Syria's defence ministry and hit near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern...
Israel launches airstrikes on Damascus, intervening in clashes between Syrian troops and Druze religious minority
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defence Ministry, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (SANA via AP) DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government officials...
Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
9News
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July 16, 2025
Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country's fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from...
A statement by 40 Jewish faculty and staff on antisemitism and DEI at U.Va.
The Cavalier Daily - Virginia
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We are Jewish faculty and staff at the University. We join our Jewish colleagues across the country in our alarm at the pernicious use of antisemitism to damage higher education and, most recently, our own institution. As members of the Jewish...
Israel Strikes Syrian Capital
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Explosions rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday as Israel ramped up attacks on its northern neighbor. Israeli military strikes targeted the Syrian Defense Ministry’s headquarters and the presidential palace following a wave of...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS – The Israeli military launched Wednesday rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida continued to flare. Israel's attack came hours after a...
Muslim Scholars Deem Trump ‘Enemy Against God’
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Iranian media unveiled a letter this month written by “100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” that declared President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “enemies against God.” In this letter, the Muslim scholars warned...
Israel strips Hebron municipality of authority over Ibrahimi Mosque
Middle East Monitor
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July 16, 2025
Israel has withdrawn certain administrative powers over the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality, transferring them to the religious council of the Israeli Kiryat Arba settlement, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday....
Israel strikes central Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the centre of Damascus on Wednesday, in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The National that the Army General...
Israel strikes Syrian Defence Ministry as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
The Malta Independent
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Associated Press Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 15:49 Last update: about 26 minutes ago The Israeli military launched Wednesday a rare airstrike in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defence Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian...
Israeli soldiers’ voices, a tool for peace?
The Jakarta Post
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uly brought joyful family holidays before the next school semester. But in war zones, families continued to lose loved ones; since late May alone, reports say, children were among some 700 Palestinians killed and over 4,000 injured at food...
Israel Attacks Syria Following Religious Persecution Of Druze
Zero Hedge
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Following formal recognition by the US of the HTS-led government which overthrew Bashar Al-Assad in December, Washington called on Israel to normalize its relations with the new Syrian regime. Although officials from Damascus and Tel Aviv appeared...